Eating Attitudes Test (EAT- 26)
Age: _____ Sex: _____ Height: _____ Current weight: _____ Ideal weight: _____
Highest weight (excluding pregnancy): _____ Lowest Adult weight: _____
Please choose one response by marking a check to the right for each of the following statements:
Always
Usually
Often
Sometimes
Rarely
Never
Score
I am terrified of being overweight
I avoid eating when I am hungry
I find myself preoccupied with food
I have gone on eating binges where I feel
I may not be able to stop
I cut my food into small pieces
I am aware of the calorie content of the foods
that I eat
I particularly avoid food with a high
carbohydrate content (i.e. bread, rice, etc.)
I feel that others would prefer if I ate
more.
I vomit after I have eaten potatoes
I feel extremely guilty after eating
I am preoccupied with a desire to be
thinner
I think about burning up calories when I
exercise
Other people think that I am too thin
I am preoccupied with the thought of
having fat on my body
I take longer than others to eat my
meals
I avoid foods with sugar in them
I eat diet foods
I feel that food controls my life
I display self-control around food
I feel that others pressure me to eat
I give too much time and thought to
food
I feel uncomfortable after eating sweets
I engage in dieting behavior
I like my stomach to be empty
I have the impulse to vomit after meals
I enjoy trying new rich foods
Total score= ______
The EAT-26 has been reproduced with permission, Garner, et.al. (1982). The Eating Attitude
Test: Psychometric features and clinical correlates. Psychological Medicine, 12, 871-878.
Behavioral questions:
In the past 6 months, have you:
1) Gone on eating binges where you feel that you may not be able to stop? (Eating much more than most people would eat
under the same circumstances)
_____No _____ Yes
If yes, how many times in the last 6 months? ________
2) Have you ever made yourself sick (vomited) to control your weight or shape?
_____No _____Yes
If yes, how many times in the last 6 months? ________
3) Have you ever used laxatives, diet pills or diuretics (water pills) to control your weight or shape?
_____No _____ Yes
If yes, how many times in the last 6 months? ________
4) Have you ever been treated for an eating disorder?
_____ No _____ Yes
If yes, when? ________
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IF THE INDIVIDUAL SELECTS ALWAYS OR USUALLY ON 5 OR MORE OF THE EAT - 26 TEST
OR YES TO ANY ONE OF THE 4 BEHAVIORAL QUESTIONS A HIGHER LEVEL OF CARE BY AN EATING
DISORDER SPECIALIST MAY BE INDICATED.